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8 Port RS232
2.1 EDITION January 1999

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  • Page 1 Photon 8 Port RS232 2.1 EDITION January 1999...
  • Page 2 Guarantee. FULL 36 MONTHS GUARANTEE. We guarantee your interface card for a full 36 months from purchase, parts and labour, provided it has been used in the specified manner. In the unlikely event of failure return your interface to your Dealer, with proof of purchase, who will determine whether to repair or replace this product with an equivalent unit.

  • Page 3: Photon 8 Port Rs232 Manual

    PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Layout PHOTON 8 Port RS232 MANUAL THE LAYOUT OF THIS MANUAL Chapter 1 - PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Hardware Configuration, Summarises the features of the PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Card. Chapter 2 – Installing the card into the PC, Explains how to open the PC and insert a new serial card Chapter 3 –...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Index PHOTON 8 Port RS232 MANUAL ...3 CHAPTER 1 HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS...6 Introduction..6 WARNING For Windows 98 Users Only..6 PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Card Features... 6 PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Card Specifications..7 Configuring PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Cards...

  • Page 5: Pci Photon 8 Port Rs232 Index

    PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Advanced Port Settings... 36 Uninstalling Serial Solutions for Windows NT ... 38 CHAPTER 4 CABLING..39 Introduction..39 The RS232 Standard..39 Serial Port Pin Outs..40 9 Pin D Serial Port Connection To Another PC..41 9 Pin D Serial Port To A Modem...

  • Page 6: Chapter 1 Hardware Specifications

    PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS Introduction. This chapter details the specifications of the PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 serial card. These half-sized cards will work happily in any PCI 2.0 (or greater) compliant PC compatible. WARNING For Windows 98 Users Only. Each PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Card should be fully installed before adding additional PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 cards.

  • Page 7: Pci Photon 8 Port Rs232 Card Specifications

    PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Card Specifications. Dimensions: I/O Connection: Also, refer to Chapter 4 "RS232 Pinouts and Port Cabling" for more detailed information on RS232 cabling, ports and pinouts. Configuring PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Cards. The PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 cards are fully “...

  • Page 8: Chapter 2 Installing The Card

    PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 INSTALLING THE CARD Serial Ca r d Installation. Once the card has been correctly configured then it can be installed in the PC. After installing the card and configuring the software the cables should be attached and communication with the serial peripheral devices should be established.
  • Page 9 PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Figure 2-1. Removing Blanking Cover STEP 3: Choose an empty appropriate expansion slot. Remove the blanking cover protecting the slot on the PC back panel. KEEP the blanking cover screw safely for later (Figure 2-14). Figure 2-2.

  • Page 10: Problems

    PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Problems! If the system fails to power up normally check the following: i.) Ensure that the PC Serial card is installed correctly. ii.) Ensure that other cards in the PC have not been upset. iii.) Ensure that the power is connected and the PC is switched If all these have been checked and the PC still does not power up then there is probably a conflict of I/O address between the PC Serial card and another board in the PC.

  • Page 11: Chapter 3 Software Installation

    PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Introduction. This section describes the software installation procedure allowing the PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 to be configured within the Windows 3.x, Windows 95/98 and Windows NT operating systems. Configuring Ports In Windows 3.x The Windows 3.x installation procedure consists of 3 steps: 1.
  • Page 12 PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Software Installation PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Users: card 1 is on bus 0, device 16, function 0 Card ID=2, revision 3: Photon 8 Port RS232 interrupt line IRQ11 has been assigned 8 sets of 16550-compatible registers are at Bank I/O address FF40 SISR is at I/O address FFA0 Baud clock control is at I/O address FFC0 Write 0xf6 for /8 (default), 0xf2 for /4, 0xd6 for /2, 0xd2 for /1.

  • Page 13: Serial Solutions Installation For Windows 3.X

    PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Serial Solutions Installation for Windows 3.x To install the software from the supplied disk, insert the disk, from Windows Program Manager’s File menu choose "Run" and in the Command Line entry window type <drive:>\diskimg\sswin3x\setup.exe (CDROM) or <drive:>\setup.exe (FLOPPY) (where <drive:>...

  • Page 14: Serial Port Installation

    PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Software Installation Figure 3-1. Setup Program Main Display. Selecting the Continue button will start the installation process. When the setup program has finished select the Done button. A Windows restart message will be shown only if the Windows communications driver option has been selected, and you should choose Yes to allow the new driver to run.

  • Page 15: Adding An Pci Photon 8 Port Rs232 Serial Card

    PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Software Installation Click on Serial Ports: The following dialogue will be displayed: Adding an PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Serial Card. For each port on the Photon 8 Port RS232 card we need to ADD a port and fill in the following 7 settings in the order given. Default values for the communications settings are given whenever the ADD button is used, 9600 baud, no parity, 8 data bits and 1 stop bit.
  • Page 16 PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Figure 3-2. PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Serial Card Settings. Multiport Settings:- Each Port should have the Multiport button selected, this tells Windows 3.x that the port is one of several ports using a SISR (shared interrupt status register).

  • Page 17: Settings For Photon 8 Port Rs232 Card Com1 Present

    PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Settings for Photon 8 Port RS232 Card COM1 Present SISR Port BBCARDS FFA0 Values * COM2 FFA0 COM3 FFA0 COM4 FFA0 COM5 FFA0 COM6 FFA0 COM7 FFA0 COM8 FFA0 COM9 FFA0 *The BBCARDS Values may be different from your machine. Card Port 1 Card Port 3 Card...
  • Page 18 PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Software Installation Card Port 5 Card Port 6 Card Port 7 Card Port 8 NOTE: The only settings that change from port to port are the COM Base and the Card Port Settings Chapter 3 Page 18...

  • Page 19: Settings For Photon Card Com1 & 2 Present

    PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Settings for Photon Card COM1 & 2 Present SISR Card Port Port BBCARDS FF80 Values* COM3 FF80 COM4 FF80 COM5 FF80 COM6 FF80 COM7 FF80 COM8 FF80 COM9 FF80 COM10 FF80 *The BBCARDS Values may be different from your machine. Card Port 1 Card Port 3 Base...
  • Page 20 PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Card Port 5 Card Port 7 NOTE: The only settings that change from port to port are the COM Base and the Card Port Settings Software Installation Card Port 6 Card Port 8 Chapter 3 Page 20...

  • Page 21: Settings For Photon Card Com1 To 4 Present

    PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Settings for Photon Card COM1 to 4 Present SISR Card Port BBCARDS FFE0 Values* COM5 FFE0 COM6 FFE0 COM7 FFE0 COM8 FFE0 COM9 FFE0 COM10 FFE0 COM11 FFE0 COM12 FFE0 *The BBCARDS Values may be different from your machine. Card Port 1 Card Port 3 Port...
  • Page 22 PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Software Installation Card Port 5 Card Port 6 Card Port 7 Card Port 8 NOTE: The only settings that change from port to port are the COM Base and the Card Port Settings Chapter 3 Page 22...

  • Page 23: Configuring The Com Ports

    PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Select the OK button to finish adding the port. This will display a Windows restart message, but do not restart until you have installed all eight ports. Be sure to restart Windows after all serial ports have been added so that the new configuration takes effect.

  • Page 24: Deleting Ports In Windows

    PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Highlight the serial port required, e.g. COM2., in Serial Ports, Control Panel Click on the Settings button to change the communications settings, Figure 3-3. Select the appropriate communications settings, which must match the communications settings on the remote device. Click on the OK button to leave the communications Settings window.

  • Page 25: Configuring Ports In Windows 95 And 98

    PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Configuring Ports in Windows 95 and 98. Although covering the installation of the PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 cards into the Windows 95 operating system the procedure is also valid, with only minor differences, in Windows 98. The Windows 95 environment now supports up to 255 standard serial ports.
  • Page 26 PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Software Installation Figure 3-5 Windows 95 Installation from CD If you are installing from a floppy disk click Next and the software will be found on the floppy disk and installed. Chapter 3 Page 26...

  • Page 27: Pci Photon 8 Port Rs232 Card Settings In Win95/98

    COM ports. PCI Photon Cards do not appear with the COM1 to COM4 assignment since these ports are reserved for legacy PCI cards. PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Card Settings In Win95/98.
  • Page 28 PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Clicking on the Serial Solutions tab will display: Some communications applications require the serial ports they access to be as named COM 4 or lower. The COM port assignment may be changed, simply by selecting a new COM port value from the pull down menu relevant to the port.

  • Page 29: Pci Photon Card Port Settings In Win 95/98

    PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 All COM ports present will be listed under the entry "Ports (COM & LPT)." The above screenshot indicates that COM13 and above are not installed. PCI Photon Card Port Settings In Win 95/98. Double clicking upon an individual port entry in the Device Manager, and selecting the Port Settings tab will display: Settings available in this window are: 1.

  • Page 30: Maximum Baud Rate Settings

    PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Software Installation Maximum Baud Rate Settings. Clicking the Advanced button gives the user the option of changing the behaviour of the driver. The Default behaviour of the driver is to operate on a wysiwyg (what you see is what you get) basis, meaning the Baud rate that an application selects will be the Baud rate of the data leaving the port.
  • Page 31 PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Networking the selected baud rate is doubled, i.e. selecting 115,200 gives a real baud rate of 230,400. Selecting the Serial Solutions tab of the selected port properties Window will display: Settings available in this window are: 1.
  • Page 32 PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Card’s 128 byte FIFO are 1, 32, 64 and 112. Transmit Buffer - These settings allow the selection of a transmitter FIFO trigger setting. Selecting a low value will send fewer data-bytes per interrupt, and this is recommended if you are communicating to a slower machine.

  • Page 33: Configuring Pci Photon Ports In Windows Nt

    PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Configuring PCI Photon Ports In Windows NT. Microsoft Windows NT Provides built in support for 255 standard serial ports. To setup your PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 serial card you should follow these steps. Please note that to change any kind of hardware configuration under Windows NT you must be logged in as a user with Administrator level privileges, if you do not have these please contact your system...

  • Page 34: Examining Card Configuration

    PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Software Installation Examining Card Configuration. Go to Control Panel (Start Menu/Settings/Control Panel) and double click on Serial Solutions: After adding a Photon 8 Port RS232 Card (COM 1 present) you will be presented with a Serial Solutions Port Configuration window: Chapter 3 Page 34...

  • Page 35: Changing Serial Port Settings

    PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Changing Serial Port Settings Adding a Photon 8 Port RS232 Card to the system automatically sets default values for communications settings to 9600 Baud, 8 Data Bits, No Parity and 1 Stop Bit. To view the settings of a port, select it from the main dialogue, then click on Settings.

  • Page 36: Advanced Port Settings

    PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 5. Flow Control. 6. Advanced - see the section below, titled "Advanced Port Settings." 7. Restore Defaults - when clicked, resets the selected COM port to the following values: Baud Rate: Data Bits: Parity: Stop Bits: Flow Control: Advanced Port Settings.
  • Page 37 PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 baud rates. Setting a high value will give better overall system performance when the host PC has multiple applications running simultaneously. Transmit Buffer - These settings allow the selection of a transmitter FIFO trigger setting. Selecting a low value will send fewer data-bytes per interrupt, this is recommended if you are communicating to an older external serial device.

  • Page 38: Uninstalling Serial Solutions For Windows Nt

    PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Uninstalling Serial Solutions for Windows NT To uninstall Serial Solutions for Windows NT: From Control Panel, open the Add/Remove Programs applet, then be certain to close the Control Panel. Select from the list Serial Solutions for Windows NT. Click the Add/Remove button.

  • Page 39: Chapter 4 Rs232 Pinouts And Port Cabling

    PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 RS232 PINOUTS AND PORT Introduction. This chapter gives details of the 9 and 25 pin RS232 pin outs, cabling and connections, with information on how to connect the serial ports of two PCs, how to make a selftest loop back connector and the pinouts of the Photon 8 Port RS232 cards.

  • Page 40: Serial Port Pin Outs

    PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Serial Port Pin Outs. The pinouts of the 9 & 25 pin Male D connectors are given below. Figure 5-2. Serial Port RS232 Pin Outs. 9 Pin connector: 25 Pin connector: 9 Pin D Serial Port RS232 Cables. To connect to the AT style RS232 Serial Port you will need a cable terminating in a 9 way female D connector.

  • Page 41: Pin D Serial Port Connection To Another Pc

    PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 and handshake requirements of both sides of your RS232 connection, the cross over cable becomes a matter of common sense. The cross over cable is simply to ensure that the right signals going out of one RS232 port go into the appropriate lines of the other RS232 port.
  • Page 42 PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Figure 4-3. 9 Pin D Serial Port To Other PC Cable. AT SERIAL PORT Side Side. 9 PIN D CONNECTOR Index Other PC SERIAL PORT 9 PIN D CONNECTOR Chapter 4 Page 42...

  • Page 43: Pin D Serial Port To A Modem

    PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 9 PIN D CONNECTOR 9 Pin D Serial Port To A Modem. If you are connecting a MODEM to a 9 pin D Serial Port then you will NOT need a cross over cable and a straight through cable connected as the 9 to 25 pin adapter given in Figure 4-5.
  • Page 44 PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Figure 4-4. 9 Pin D Serial Loop Back Connector. 9 PIN D CONNECTOR Index 25 PIN D CONNECTOR Chapter 4 Page 44...
  • Page 45 PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Figure 6-5. 9 To 25 Way Adapter. This adapter cable makes the AT style 9 pin serial port, look like the standard PC 25 pin serial port. It is NOT a cross over cable! 9 Pin AT SERIAL PORT 9 Pin Female D Connector 6<( "...

  • Page 46: The Lynx Card Octopus Cable Pinouts

    PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 The Lynx Card Octopus Cable Pinouts The Lynx card octopus cable connects a 78 pin Male D connector to 8 nine way Male D connectors. Each of the cables has 9 cores plus a sheath. The sheath each of the 25 way D connectors is connected to the sheath of the 78 way D connector.
  • Page 47 PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Index Figure 6-6. Pin Outs of the 78 pin D connector on the AT Lynx 8 Port RS232 NOTE: On the above diagram the # symbol followed by a number is used to notify a port on the cable e.g. #4 means port 4, hence PIN47 DTR#4 is pin 47 of the 78way connector, which corresponds function...
  • Page 48 PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Index Index 16450 / 16550 ... 6 2500... 2 adapter ... 43, 45 asynchronous ... 6 baud / baud rate... 6 BBCARDS.EXE ... 11 bits... 8, 39 buffer ... 6 buffered ... 6 cable ...8, 39, 40, 43, 45 Changing COM numbers in Windows 95 ...
  • Page 49 Photon 8 Port RS232 Index RTS ... 6, 41 RXD ... 6, 41 serial port ... 6, 8, 25, 33, 39, 41, 43, 45 SISR ... 12 speed... 6 stop bits... 8 TXD... 6, 41 Uninstalling Serial Solutions PCI for Windows NT... 38 Windows...

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